vSphere with Tanzu supports the NSX Advanced Load Balancer , also known as Avi Load Balancer, Essentials Edition. If you are using vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) networking for Workload Management , you can install and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer in your vSphere with Tanzu environment.
About the NSX Advanced Load Balancer NSX Advanced Load Balancer provides dynamically scaling load balancing endpoints for Tanzu Kubernetes clusters provisioned by the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service .NSX Advanced Load Balancer Components NSX Advanced Load Balancer , also known as Avi Load Balancer, include the control plane cluster, data plane VMs, virtual services, and IP address management.NSX Advanced Load Balancer Requirements vSphere with Tanzu with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer , also known as the Avi Load Balancer, your environment must meet certain requirements. vSphere with Tanzu supports multiple topologies for Avi networking: a single vDS network for the Avi Service Engine and load balancer services, and a vDS for the Avi management plane and another vDS for the NSX Advanced Load Balancer . Deploy the Controller vSphere with Tanzu environment.Take a Snapshot of the Controller Power On the Controller Configure the Controller vSphere with Tanzu environment.Assign a License NSX Advanced Load Balancer , you assign an license to it. The Controller boots in the Enterprise edition with an evaluation license. Assign the Essentials license to it.Assign a Certificate to the Controller Configure a Service Engine Group Configure a Virtual IP Network Configure Static Routes Tanzu Kubernetes clusters in dedicated Workload networks.Configure the IPAM and DNS Profiles Test the NSX Advanced Load Balancer NSX Advanced Load Balancer control plane, verify its functionality.
